[math-fun] Although there's nothing wrong with my car's 3rd gear,
I never use it when driving home along my street. I'm always in either 2nd or 4th until I reach my driveway. The nearest traffic light is miles away. Explain. --rwg
Could your driveway be located at the end of a freeway offramp? —Dan
On Sep 13, 2016, at 8:04 AM, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
I never use it when driving home along my street. I'm always in either 2nd or 4th until I reach my driveway. The nearest traffic light is miles away. Explain.
Or on a long steep hill. Brent On 9/13/2016 8:17 AM, Dan Asimov wrote:
Could your driveway be located at the end of a freeway offramp?
—Dan
On Sep 13, 2016, at 8:04 AM, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
I never use it when driving home along my street. I'm always in either 2nd or 4th until I reach my driveway. The nearest traffic light is miles away. Explain.
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On 2016-09-14 00:15, Brent Meeker wrote:
Or on a long steep hill.
Brent
On 9/13/2016 8:17 AM, Dan Asimov wrote:
Could your driveway be located at the end of a freeway offramp?
—Dan Apologies for neglecting to mention that I live near the street's dead end. Also, coming the other way to that stopsign where I shift from 1st to 4th, I *start off* in 4th! It's kind of lumpy around here. --rwg
On Sep 13, 2016, at 8:04 AM, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
I never use it when driving home along my street. I'm always in either 2nd or 4th until I reach my driveway. The nearest traffic light is miles away. Explain.
Traffic light: If green (or early yellow), stay in 4th. If red (or late yellow), stop, then shift to 1st then 2nd before reaching home. Tom Bill Gosper writes:
I never use it when driving home along my street. I'm always in either 2nd or 4th until I reach my driveway. The nearest traffic light is miles away. Explain. --rwg _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
Oops, sorry, I missed the part about the nearest traffic light being miles away - never mind! Tom Tom Karzes writes:
Traffic light: If green (or early yellow), stay in 4th. If red (or late yellow), stop, then shift to 1st then 2nd before reaching home.
Tom
Bill Gosper writes:
I never use it when driving home along my street. I'm always in either 2nd or 4th until I reach my driveway. The nearest traffic light is miles away. Explain. --rwg _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
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Ok, second attempt: Could you be at the bottom of a hill, using 2nd for braking when there are cars ahead of you? Tom Bill Gosper writes:
I never use it when driving home along my street. I'm always in either 2nd or 4th until I reach my driveway. The nearest traffic light is miles away. Explain. --rwg _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
I never use it when driving home along my street. I'm always in either 2nd or 4th until I reach my driveway. The nearest traffic light is miles away. Explain. --rwg
You follow the maxim of never using a gear that is the exponent of a prime power divisor of your address. Hilarie
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